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Oppose pedestrianisation of Market Street

We the undersigned petition the council to Retain vital access to Market Street because of: - important bus routes - access to amenities for the most vulnerable in our community - prevent increased traffic congestion that any change will cause - support for local business

There are no viable and convenient alternatives to the bus stops currently placed on Market Street, which would lead to worse scheduling and timekeeping of the services and potential loss of an already depleted resource that many people have to rely on.

Market Street allows for access to banks that are stripped out of our surrounding neighbourhoods, preventing people being able to get to them will affect the elderly and less physically able the most.

Market Street is also the only level access to the town's main post office, so this is another vital service that the council would be denying people were it to pedestrianise the street.

There is a carpark entrance that would no longer be accessible, jeopardising the revitilisation of the Broadway and surrounding business.

Existing businesses would find replenishment and access severely curtailed.

The taxi rank is only accessible from Market Street, which would affect the nightlife of the city, including the surrounding pubs, cinema, revamped Odeon and St George's Hall and the Alhambra.

The money that would be spent on this could be better spent on other services that we are repeatedly informed have been "cut to the bone"

This ePetition ran from 05/05/2019 to 19/06/2019 and has now finished.

12 people signed this ePetition.